“This is Spinal Tap” actor David Kaff Dead at 79

David Kaff – The best known for his role as keyboardist Viv Savage in the iconic film, “This is Spinal Tap”, died.

Kaff’s band, “Mutual of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom”, posted an announcement on Facebook and said he died peacefully in his sleep, but no cause of death was given.

The hard rock group said they had been destroyed by Kaff’s death and explained that he was friendly, fast and would always make people smile.

Kaff (real name David Kaffinetti) launched his music career as a groundbreaking member of the British rock band, “Rare Bird” from 1969 to 1975. During this time the group brought five studio albums and their single, “Sympathy, Rocket the Hitlijsten and sold the worldwide a million.

Then Kaff received his big break in the Rob Reiner from 1984 directed Mockumentary, “This is Spinal Tap”, when he was cast as Viv Savage, who played the keyboard in the fake -Engine rock band.

His character had a number of memorable rules in the film, such as “Pretty exciting, this computer magic!” And “Have fun … Always.”

Although “Spinal Tap” was a fictional band, Kaff and the other actors played some live shows during the first year of the release of the film, even perform on “Saturday Night Live”. But then Kaff left the band towards the end of the year and never looked back, causing all tires to be broken.

Kaff was 79.